Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904 to 1911Woolf's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. "He has a seemingly effortless way with words which is beautiful and spellbinding" (J. M. Edelstein, New Republic). Index; photographs. |
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... Hambantota kachcheri staff , mudaliyars , muhandiram , and Engelbrecht The author with Hambantota kachcheri staff and Father Cooreman MAPS Ceylon 15 Hambantota District 179 IVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT LIBRARY Si le roi m'avoit donné ...
... Hambantota kachcheri staff , mudaliyars , muhandiram , and Engelbrecht The author with Hambantota kachcheri staff and Father Cooreman MAPS Ceylon 15 Hambantota District 179 IVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT LIBRARY Si le roi m'avoit donné ...
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... Hambantota District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of ...
... Hambantota District the best administered in the island , and I do not think that I deceive or flatter myself when I say that I succeeded . I will give an example or two which will , I think , prove this and will also show the kind of ...
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... District I believe that everyone gave up using the English ploughs . The Hambantota District used to be called a " sports- man's paradise ” . There was a great deal of “ big game ” in the jungles of Magampattu : leopard , bear ...
... District I believe that everyone gave up using the English ploughs . The Hambantota District used to be called a " sports- man's paradise ” . There was a great deal of “ big game ” in the jungles of Magampattu : leopard , bear ...
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